Meet The E-Board

Danielle Kogan, General Manager / President

Danielle Kogan is proud to be WBCR’s General Manager and an actor double majoring in Theater and Journalism at Brooklyn College. As the former News Director, she founded The Brooklyn Hound and was privileged to run the largest and most diverse newsroom on campus. In October 2018, her team beat the New York Times to a local breaking news story about a professor on campus. She’s also fluent in Russian, highly conversational in Spanish, and excited to take all your questions at wbcr.gm@gmail.com. 
 
YouTube:  http://bit.ly/dani-kogan 
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/danikoganactor/  
Twitter:  https://twitter.com/danikoganactor  
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danikoganactor/
 
 

Camilia John, Program Director / Vice President 

Contact: wbcr.pd@gmail.com

Xavier Rubira, Business Manager

Xavier Rubira is WBCR’s Business Manager (2019 – 20’) and is a rising senior pursuing a Bachelors in Journalism and Media Studies. He joined the WBCR family back in 2017 and has since published numerous radio and digital stories for the News Team. Keeping with the trend, Xavier has worked for New York Public Radio and continues to report on the New York conversation. As Business Manager, he is focused on keeping the radio station a fun and friendly environment where people can develop their skills, and express their passions. 

 

Xavier George, Music Director
IMG_2767.JPGXavier “Ocho” George is a senior here at Brooklyn College pursing a Bachelor’s Degree in Television Radio Broadcast. His interests are music, sports, food, films, comics, and sneakers. Being a jack-of-all-trades, he’s also our 2019-2020 Music Director.  Since Fall 2018, he’s produced the “2018-2019 Rookie Of The Year” show called “Iz This Therapy?” and became WBCR’s “2018-2019 Co-Host Of The Year.” As Music Director, Ocho is responsible for      maintaining and securing of the stations music library, music programming, and music based special events with music’s latest and most popular hits. He also aim’s to shine a spotlight on New York’s up and coming artists and bands here at WBCR.
 

Melissa Gabriel, Promotions Director

Melissa Gabriel is a Brooklyn College student, humanitarian, producer for WBLS/ Hot97 and the Ceo- media personality of the Million Dollar Tv. Starting off as an intern for Brooklyn College radio, Melissa Gabriel quickly turned her college radio show into an on-camera celebrity based interview series that has featured red carpets with the likes of Cardi b., Casanova,  Method Man, Angela Yee, Safaree, Angela Bassett, Brandy, Tami Roman, Mona-Scott Young, and much more! Melissa also serves her community annually by putting together a slew of charitable events and giveaways for the less fortunate during the holidays. This year Melissa has signed on as the promotions director for BC radio and plans to take producers, interns, and club members on a journey by bridging the gap between our aspired goals and the possibilities of achieving them. 

Contact: promotionswbcr@gmail.com

Instagram: @SassyMinglee

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHyTJsx7tzMEy600mj60USA  

 Samantha Castro, News Director

 Samantha Castro is WBCR’s current News Director. Her introduction to WBCR was in Fall 2018. She was a News Intern for the Radio News Team. The semester after she became the first layout editor of the station’s newest magazine “The Brooklyn Hound.” She hopes to not only continue the major success of The Hound but reach greater heights. Outside of the station, she’s working on her thesis film. Even though she has a love for journalism, she has a bigger love for film making. After graduating in Spring 2020, she hopes to continue working in the film industry. But if her future leads her to journalism again, she wouldn’t mind.
 

Joe Leo, Sports Director

Joe Leo WBCR’s Sports Director is an extremely passionate sports fan. He doesn’t hold back his opinions on or off the air and will argue with anyone about anything. He is ambitious about covering all things sports in every way possible. He has been with the station for about a year, first being an intern with the news team, later becoming a staff writer for the Brooklyn Hound, and coming onto last year’s e-board as the sports director. He has produced Bulldog basketball games for both teams on campus and is committed to giving his fellow Bulldogs the recognition they deserve. With sports talk radio being deep in his routes growing up with it on in the back seat, he hopes he can take the station to a new level that will last well onto the next generation of bulldogs.

Contact: wbcr.sportsdirector18@gmail.com

Arielle Guiteau, Digital Content Manager

Arielle Guiteau is WBCR digital content manager. She majors in Television and radio and spends most of her time storytelling through her editing and creating visual and audio content. As a digital content manger, Arielle helps maintain the website and overall helps the radio station with any digital based challenges they may have. Arielle also produces WBCR award winning show The Blunt Talk. 

Contact: wbcr.digital@gmail.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arielleggg/

Website: https://garielleg321.wixsite.com/arielleguiteau

Professor Frederick Wasser, Faculty Supervisor

Frederick Wasser, Ph.D. is the former chair and current professor in the Dept. of Television and Radio.  He has written an award winning book on Hollywood and Video entitled Veni Vidi Video. His work also includes numerous articles about Spielberg, Walter Murch, contemporary Hollywood and global media.  In a previous lifetime he was a Hollywood sound editor as well as a deckhand on a Mississippi tow barge. He plays the bouzouki and is interested in Norwegian literature.

Contact: FWasser@brooklyn.cuny.edu